A good preface must be the root and the square of the book at the same time.
Good drama must be drastic.
Wit is absolutely sociable spirit or aphoristic genius.
Honor is the mysticism of legality
Irony is the form of paradox. Paradox is what is good and great at the same time.
As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.